8 ½ x 7 ¼ ins. (21.6 x 18.4 cms) Original surimono, being made in very small editions, are very rare and expensive. In the 1890s a series of reprints were made in the town of Akashi. The present example is one of those reprints...

8 ½ x 7 ¼ ins. (21.6 x 18.4 cms) Original surimono, being made in very small editions, are very rare and expensive. In the 1890s a series of reprints were made in the town of Akashi. The present example is one of those reprints. The artist is Hokkei, a Hokusai pupil renowned for his surimono designs.

8 ½ x 7 ¼ ins. (21.6 x 18.4 cms) Original surimono, being made in very small editions, are very rare and expensive. In the 1890s a series of reprints were made in the town of Akashi. The present example is one of those reprints. The artist is Gakutei (1786-1868), a fine designer renowned for his surimono and book illustration.

8 ½ x 7 ¼ ins. (21.6 x 18.4 cms) Original surimono, being made in very small editions, are very rare and expensive. In the 1890s a series of reprints were made in the town of Akashi. The present example is one of those reprints. The artist is Hokkei, a Hokusai pupil renowned for his surimono designs.

8 ½ x 7 ¼ ins. (21.6 x 18.4 cms) Original surimono, being made in very small editions, are very rare and expensive. In the 1890s a series of reprints were made in the town of Akashi. The present example is one of those reprints. The artist is Shinsai, a Hokusai pupil renowned for his surimono designs.

8 ½ x 7 ¼ ins. (21.6 x 18.4 cms) Original surimono, being made in very small editions, are very rare and expensive. In the 1890s a series of reprints were made in the town of Akashi. The present example is one of those reprints. Although unsigned the design is always attributed to Hokusai.

8 ½ x 7 ¼ ins. (21.6 x 18.4 cms) Original surimono, being made in very small editions, are very rare and expensive. In the 1890s a series of reprints were made in the town of Akashi. The present example is one of those reprints. The artist has not been identified. There is metallic pigment on the costume of the right hand figure.

The condition is good, with no repairs. There is slight toning of the paper, possibly due ...

This moulded pottery tile was made during the Jin Dynasty (AD 1115 - 1234). It features a female dancer in the act of dancing; note the clothing, the hairstyle and the long flowing ribbons held in the dancer's hands. It is made from a grey pottery and there are traces of "cold painted" white pigment in places. It has a dual-purpose custom-made perspex stand that can be used to either hang the tile on a wall,...

This extremely rare toad-shaped pedestal, or base, for the legendary coin-shedding tree dates to the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220) and has been excavated from Sichuan province. The coin-shedding, or money, tree is known from late Han Dynasty funerary art from the south-west of China. It was believed that if shaken, coins would fall from it. The money tree itself would comprise a bronze trunk, or pole, to which...

This very rare and unusual moulded pottery object was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). It is the base to a "money tree" and has been excavated from Sichuan province. The coin-shedding, or money, tree is known from late Han Dynasty funerary art from the south-west of China. It was believed that if shaken, coins would fall from it. The money tree itself would comprise a bronze trunk, or pole, to which were...

This fine and large model of a horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). The horse stands alert and open-mouthed with its head slightly turned to its left. Note the detail of its head and especially its mane on the left of its neck. It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a pale brown pottery that has been "cold painted" with a creamy-white pigment on top of which have been applied black and orange p...

This fine and large model of a horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). The horse stands alert and open-mouthed with its head raised and turned to its left. It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a relatively low-fired orange-brown pottery that has been "cold painted" with a creamy-white pigment on top of which have been applied black and orange pigments.

This fine model of a horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). The horse stands alert with its head turned to its left. It is particularly well-modelled and made from a relatively low-fired pale brown pottery that has been "cold painted" with a creamy-white pigment, good traces of which still remain. Down its neck is a wide groove, and in its rear end a purpose-made hole, in which originally would have been real...

This attractive pottery model of a saddled horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a relatively low-fired dark reddish-brown pottery that has been "cold painted" with a base coat of white pigment on top of which have been applied black and red pigments. The horse stands upright and alert with its head turned to its left.

This very nice smaller pottery model of a horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a dark reddish-brown pottery that has been "cold painted" in brown and white pigments. The horse stands upright and alert, looking straight ahead.

Height 18.5 cm (7.25 inches).

It is available to view here at our gallery.

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2 5/8 x 1 ¾ x 3/16 ins. (6.5 x 4.5 x 0.5 cms) In early cultures jade was the most highly prized stone used for tools due to its extreme hardness and resistance to wear. The trade-off was that these qualities made it very difficult and intractable to work and the time taken to fashion it into a tool made it a possession of some prestige and value. The only way of working it was by abrading it with a coarse cutting compound made with sand...

Length 4 1/4 ins. (10.9 cms) This stone implement is similar to many shouldered axe heads excavated at the early Cambodian archaeological site of Samrong Sen (see Wikipedia for details).

Dating of Neolithic artefacts is a very inexact science. Radio carbon dating has placed occupancy of the Samrong Sen site back to 3400 BC. The condition is very good with the expected ancient chipping of the cutting edge. There is one small modern chip to the cutt...

Length 4 5/8 ins. (11.8 cms) This stone implement is similar to many shouldered axe heads excavated at the early Cambodian archaeological site of Samrong Sen (see Wikipedia for details). Apparently lacquer/resin was used to help secure the axe head to a wooden haft. It is quite rare to find these objects displaying patches of the original resin demonstrating its extreme hardness and indestructibility by surviving thousands of years...